National Highways’ gritters will be back out on the roads in England in the coming days with a period of cold weather due. The service is reminding motorists to give gritters plenty of space and time on the road after revealing one was hit by another vehicle while out salt spreading earlier this winter.
Met Office forecasters are predicting a change to cooler conditions this weekend. Showers from the north could fall as snow over the high ground in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland later in the weekend, with a wintry mix of rain, hail, sleet and snow possible at the start of next week, especially over high ground.
Ice is likely to be an ongoing hazard for most from Sunday onwards. Darren Clark, Severe Weather Resilience Manager, at National Highways said: “We would ask all road users to take extra care when driving when our gritters are out on our road.
